menopausal

English

Etymology

From menopause +‎ -al.

Adjective

menopausal (not comparable)

1. Of, or pertaining to the menopause.
2. (of a woman) Presently experiencing or having previously experienced menopause.
   • 2023 November 29, Charles Hymas, “Menopausal female offenders could be spared jail under new sentencing guidelines”, in The Telegraph‎^[1]:

     And in March last year, 62-year-old Sue Williams scratched eight cars belonging to strangers in her hometown of Sevenoaks, Kent, causing at least £8,000 worth of damage. Last month her lawyer told Medway Magistrates’ Court that Ms Williams had been menopausal at the time.

Synonyms

• estropausal

Derived terms

• menopausally

Translations

of or pertaining to menopause

• Bikol Central: langday
• Catalan: menopàusic
• Finnish: menopausaalinen
• Spanish: menopáusico